Faridkot Jail News

Moga: One of the six undertrials who had escaped from a temporary jail set up in judicial complex here was arrested by police, a senior official Wednesday said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Kamaljeet Singh Dhillon today said they had arrested Gurdev Singh last night, who was wanted in ...

Faridkot (Pb): An undertrial, charged in a abetment to suicide case, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the district jail, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place yesterday when the prisoner, identified as Deepak Kumar, kept himself locked in the bathroom for a lo...

Faridkot: Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh`s killing in a Lahore jail has left the family of another prisoner of war in Pakistan, a worried lot.
Surjit Singh, a BSF sepoy who is a prisoner of war for the past 42 years in Pakistan, remains untraceable and his wife Angrez Kaur and son Amrik ...

Faridkot: A day after violence erupted over the death of an undertrial in district jail here, Faridkot Jail Superintendent JP Singh on Tuesday said the situation is completely under control now.
Seven personnel of the district jail were injured, two of them seriously, when an unruly group...

Chandigarh: Three officials of Punjab`s Faridkot town jail were injured on Monday in a clash with inmates following the death of a prisoner, police said. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered a magisterial enquiry.
The inmates went on the rampage and damaged property inside the p...

Faridkot: Faridkot jail authorities are under scanner after the main accused in the alleged kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint from her house in full public view, allegedly made a threatening call to the victim`s father from the prison.
The 23-year-old accused, Nishan Singh, wh...

Kapurthala: The draft of a jail
reforms legislation to provide more facilities to prisoners
is "almost ready" for introduction in the state Assembly,
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday said.
Badal, who was here to inaugurate a Rs 123 crore modern
jail at Theh Kanja...

Faridkot: A local court has
sentenced a head constable and six other persons, mostly from
electronic media, to seven years rigorous imprisonment for
dacoity and blackmailing.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs 22,000 on each of
the convicts.
A case under various section...